Events
Krakow really is a town that parties all year round. Krakow hosts a flurry of events that will captivate and entertain you. During the Summer months the Plac’s are abound with Festivals and cheer that guarantee plenty of smiles and lots of beers. During Winter Cracovians head indoors but continue to celebrate life and liberty and love!
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Category: Traditional Celebrations
Fat Thursday
Date: Last Thursday before Lent Annually.Fat Thursday 'How many have you had today?' - it is very likely that you will be asked this surprising question by your Polish friends on a Thursday in late January or early February, when visiting Krakow or any other part of Poland for that matter. If your surprised look ('how many of what?') is answered with a happy cry 'donuts!', you can be sure that it's not some wild Polish bet, but simply Fat Thursday, one of the most popular traditional Polish celebrations . ... More »
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Womens Day
Category: Traditional Celebrations
Date: 08.03Women's Day Poland celebrates the International Women's Day on March 8 th , like other countries. However, it seems that the Polish celebrations of the Women's Day ( Polish Dzień Kobiet, pronounced 'jen kobhet') are somewhat special, and somewhat linked to the country's communist past – and although there's only a slight chance that a Krakow girl will call you a 'commie' when you hand her a flower on Women's Day, this indeed might happen. Women's Day an... More »
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Category: Public Holidays in Poland
Corpus Christi
Date: 11.06Corpus Christi Corpus Christi is a movable feast which the Catholics celebrate 60 days after Easter , And also a public holiday in Poland . Corpus Christi is dedicated to celebrating the dogma that the bread and wine eaten and drunk during the masses are actually Christ's flesh and blood. The Polish name of the feast is “Uroczystosc Najswietszego Ciala i Krwi Panskiej” (The Feast of the Holiest Flesh and Blood of the Lord), but the commonly ... More »
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Category: Public Holidays in Poland
May 3rd
Date: May 3rd AnnuallyMay 3 rd – Constitution Day The Polish Constitution Day is officially called “National Holiday of May 3rd” (“Święto Narodowe 3go Maja”), and the lack of the name “constitution” makes it seem that there is something to hide, like with the supposedly communist “ Labor Day ”, dubbed simply “Public Holiday”. But that's not the case – if Poles are proud of something, it is their Constitution... More »
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Category: Public Holidays in Poland
May 1st
Date: May 1st AnnuallyMay 1 st – Public Holiday May 1 st is officially called the “Public Holiday” (“Święto Państwowe”), and not the Labor Day – which it obviously stands for – because of the supposed communist descent of the latter. May 1 st is therefore an excellent example of the Polish anti-communist allergy, as being a truly socialist holiday, Labor Day has little to do with what the Polish have learned to suffer as “Communism”. T... More »
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Lajkonik
Date: Spring Annually
Lajkonik If one doesn't wander around Nowa Huta at night, or meet a particularly dissatisfied group of Cracovia or Wisla fans, it is not likely that one will get hit with a bat or a club in Krakow. A mace – that's a different story. If you're hit – don't be mad, be grateful, as it will mean you've been blessed by the Lajkonik, one of the most distinguishable figures of the Krakow folklore – and one of the most loved ones. To commemorate Po... more » -
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